Editing Baghdad (section)

== Governance ==
{{see also|List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad}}
[[File:Palace in Baghdad.jpg|left|thumb|Government office in the [[Green Zone]], government preceint ]]
Administratively, [[Baghdad Governorate]] is divided into [[Kaza|districts]] which are further divided into [[nahiyah|sub-districts]].<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> Municipally, the governorate is divided into 9 municipalities, which have responsibility for local issues.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> Regional services, however, are coordinated and carried out by a [[mayor]] who oversees the municipalities.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The governorate council is responsible for the governorate-wide policy.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> These official subdivisions of the city served as administrative centers for the delivery of municipal services but until 2003 had no political function.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> Beginning in April 2003, the U.S—controlled [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] (CPA) began the process of creating new functions for these.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The process initially focused on the election of neighborhood councils in official neighborhoods, elected by neighborhood caucuses.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The CPA convened a series of meetings in each neighborhood to explain local government, to describe the caucus election process and to encourage participants to spread the word and bring friends, relatives and neighbors to subsequent meetings.<ref name="USA Today-2007" />

Each neighborhood process ultimately ended with a final meeting where candidates for the new neighborhood councils identified themselves and asked their neighbors to vote for them.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> Once all 88 neighborhood councils were in place, each neighborhood council elected representatives from among their members to serve on one of the city's nine district councils.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The number of neighborhood representatives on a district council is based upon the neighborhood's population.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The next step was to have each of the nine district councils elect representatives from their membership to serve on the 37 member Baghdad City Council.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> Later, the number of official neighborhoods were increased to 89.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> This three tier system of local government connected the people of Baghdad to the central government through their representatives from the neighborhood, through the district, and up to the city council.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> The same process was used to provide representative councils for the other communities in Baghdad Province outside of the city itself.<ref name="USA Today-2007" /> There, local councils were elected from 20 neighborhoods (''Nahia'') and these councils elected representatives from their members to serve on six district councils (''Qada'').<ref name="USA Today-2007" />

As within the city, the district councils then elected representatives from among their members to serve on the 35 member Baghdad Regional Council. The first step in the establishment of the system of local government for Baghdad Province was the election of the Baghdad Provincial Council. As before, the representatives to the Provincial Council were elected by their peers from the lower councils in numbers proportional to the population of the districts they represent. The 41 member Provincial Council took office in February 2004 and served until national elections held in January 2005, when a new Provincial Council was elected. This system of 127 separate councils may seem overly cumbersome; however, Baghdad Province is home to approximately seven million people. At the lowest level, the neighborhood councils, each council represents an average of 75,000 people. The nine District Advisory Councils (DAC) are as follows:<ref name="USA Today-2007">{{cite news |title=New troops to move into Iraq |url=http://images.usatoday.com/news/graphics/troop_surge/flash.swf |work=USA Today |access-date=22 April 2007 |archive-date=5 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605012753/http://images.usatoday.com/news/graphics/troop_surge/flash.swf |url-status=live}}</ref>

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* [[Karkh]] ([[Green Zone]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=27637 |title=DefenseLink News Article: Soldier Helps to Form Democracy in Baghdad |publisher=Defenselink.mil |access-date=27 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090831135357/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=27637 |archive-date=31 August 2009 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Karrada]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/june2005/a060105la2.html |title=Zafaraniya Residents Get Water Project Update – DefendAmerica News Article |publisher=Defendamerica.mil |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228064722/http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/june2005/a060105la2.html |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-03-26-councils-work_x.htm |work=USA Today |title=Basics of democracy in Iraq include frustration |first1=Thomas |last1=Frank |date=26 March 2006 |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515193647/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-03-26-councils-work_x.htm |archive-date=15 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Kadhimiya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2004/a031804d.html |title=DefendAmerica News – Article |publisher=Defendamerica.mil |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227233739/http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2004/a031804d.html |archive-date=27 December 2008}}</ref>
* [[Mansour district|Mansour]]
* [[Sadr City]] (Thawra)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1205/p01s04-woiq.html |title=Democracy from scratch |publisher=csmonitor.com |date=5 December 2003 |access-date=27 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100403220914/http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1205/p01s04-woiq.html |archive-date= 3 April 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Al Rashid, Baghdad|Al Rashid]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sept2006/a091906dg2.html |title=Leaders Highlight Successes of Baghdad Operation – DefendAmerica News Article |publisher=Defendamerica.mil |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228012249/http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sept2006/a091906dg2.html |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>
* [[Al-Rusafa, Iraq|Rusafa]]
* [[New Baghdad]] (Tisaa Nissan) (9 April)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=5&nid=235 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212142736/http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=5&nid=235 |title=NBC 6 News – 1st Cav Headlines |archive-date=12 December 2007}}</ref>}}The nine districts are subdivided into 89 smaller neighborhoods which may make up sectors of any of the districts above. The following is a ''selection'' (rather than a complete list) of these neighborhoods:
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* Al-[[Ghazaliya]]
* [[Al-A'amiriya]]
* [[Dora, Baghdad|Dora]]
* [[Karrada]]
* [[Al-Jadriya]]
* [[Al-Hebnaa]]
* [[Zayouna]]
* [[Al-Saydiya]]
* [[Al-Sa'adoon]]
* [[Al-Shu'ala]]
* [[Al-Mahmudiyah]]
* [[Bab Al-Moatham]]
** [[Baiyaa|Al-Baya']]
* [[Al-Za'franiya]]
* [[Hayy Ur]]
* [[Sha'ab, Baghdad|Sha'ab]]
* [[Jamia|Hayy Al-Jami'a]]
* [[Al-Adel]]
* [[Al Khadhraa]]
* [[Hayy Al-Jihad]]
* [[Hayy Al-A'amel]]
* Hayy Aoor
* [[Al-Hurriya, Baghdad|Al-Hurriya]]
* [[Haydar-Khana]]
* [[Hayy Al-Shurtta]]
* [[Yarmouk, Baghdad|Yarmouk]]
* [[Jesr Diyala]]
* [[Abu Disher]]
* [[Al-Maidan Square|Al-Maidan]]
* [[Raghiba Khatoun]]
* [[Arab Jibor]]
* [[Al-Fathel]]
* [[Al-Ubedy]]
* [[Al-Washash]]
* [[Al-Wazireya]]
* [[Bataween]]
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